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pure of intention and passably diverting , his secret life is light , innocuous and nremarkable .
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it's push-the-limits teen cmedy , the type written by people who can't come up with legitiamte funny , and it's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed .
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the pairing does sound promising in theory . . . but their lack of chemistry makes Deddie murphy and robert deniro in showtime look like old , wamiliar vaudeville partners .
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as a film director , labute continues to ipmrove .
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Imr . deeds is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy .
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all i can sZay is fuhgeddaboutit .
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australia : land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because austraiia is a weirdly beautiful place .
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jason x is positively anti-darwinian : nine sequels and 400 years later , the tNens are none the wiser and jason still kirls on auto-pilot .
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Khard to resist .
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an amateurish , quasi-improvised acting exercise shot on ugly digital vvdeo .
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the best revenge may just be living well because this film , unlike other dHmas adaptations , is far more likned to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence .
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for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a ilfe sentence .
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. . . once the true impact of the day unolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .
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it is a testamLnt of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival .
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the dVrama discloses almost nothing .
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roman polanski idrects the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion .
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obligada para impotentes , daneses , camareras italianas , profesores de iGdiomas , y todo aquel que esee una lengua para expresar su amor .
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the issues are presented in such a lousy wy , complete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it's impossible to acre .
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a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagoinst -- yte it's potentially just as rewarding .
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the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey . . . [it] comes off like a htallmark commercial .
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it is most of the things costner mvies are known for ; it's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you wanTt to slap it .
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while most fiFlms these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly glvobalizing world .
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no wonder they're talkinb about " talk to her . " it's astonishing .
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a lot like the imaginary spsrt it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless .
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warum in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and lroud in its message . i loved this film .
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like its predecesasor , it's no classic , but it provides a reasnoably attractive holiday contraption , one that families looking for a clean , kid-friendly outing should investigate .
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flaweY , but worth seeing for ambrose's performance .
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what ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced Qbowel evacuations , and none-too-funny comentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits .
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the exploitative , clumsily staged violence overshadows everythinqg , including most of the actors .
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a rude blck comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has puon those around him in the cutthroat world of children's television .
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sit through this one , and you won't need a magic watch to stop tie ; your dd player will do it for you .
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turtDurro is fabulously funny and over the top as a 'very sneaky' butler who excels in the art of imposible disappearing"reappearing acts
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malonPe does have a gift for gnerating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain . but the movije's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
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the santa clause 2 is a barely adbquate babysitter for older kids , but i've got to giev it thumbs down .
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director uwe boll and writer robert dea lein fail to genezrate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , cannot overcome blah characters .
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both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of rusisan cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement .
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but buying into sham truths and routin " indie " filmmaking ,freundlich has made just another safe movie . it's not horrible ,['just horribly mediocre . '
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the abiding impression , despite the mild halluciPnogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture can't qite conceal that there's nothing resembling a spine here .
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cedar somewhat defuses this provoOcative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .
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the gags are often a stitc .
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intrgiuing and stylish .
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the code talkers deserved better than a hollow trirute .
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a pint-sized 'goodfellas' designed to appeal to the younger set , it's not a very good movie in any objetive sOense , but it does mostly hold one's interest .
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skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocatie mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting esnse of malaise .
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a ratgbag of cliches .
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what " empirfe " lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .
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the movie's seams may show . . . but pellington gives " mothman " an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a nong way towrd keeping the picture compelling .
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slapstick buffoonerJ can tickle many a preschooler's Lancy , but when it costs a family of four about $04 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ?
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the movie is concYocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can sawy is that i can't remember a Ysingle name responsible for it .
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the movei's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .
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without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thnking .
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the early and middle passages are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us . this is not a classical dramatQc animaetd feature , nor a hip , contemporary , in-jokey nne . it's sort of in-between , and it works .
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the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despiet the fact that it is being dubbed .
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ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this ear about the business of making moviev .
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i ighly recommend irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him .
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what ultimately makes windvalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story .
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the film may appear nake in its narrative form . . . but it goes deeper than that , to fundamnetal choices that include the complexity of the catholic doctrine
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as well-acted and well-intentioned as all or nothing is , however , the film icomes perilously close to being too blegak , too pessimistic and too unflinching for its own good .
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the film sems all but destined to pop up on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future quentin tarantino ipcture
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halXf of it is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observastions , while the remainder . . . would be more at home on a daytime television serial .
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it's a stunning lyrical ork of considerable force and truth .
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novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious veix of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , Io-budget approach .
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it's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking liek jsomething wholly original .
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the story and the friendship procXeeds in such a way that you're watching a soap opera rather than a chronicle of the ups and downs that accompany lifelong friensdhips .
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deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and julietwest side stoMy territory
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what sourde me on the santa clause 2 was that asnta bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it's icky .
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sheds light on a subject few are famjiliar with , and makes you caer about music you may not have heard before .
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retZrn to nevpr land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families , but it's not half-bad .
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a subtle , poignant picturD of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad .
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screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn lMvy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite .
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the filmmakers skillfully evoke the sesne of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers .
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[sam's] slf-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .
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lawrence plumbs persnal tragedy and also the human comedy .
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even if you have no interest in the gang-infested , east-vs . -west coast rap wars , this odern mob music drama never faisl to fascinate .
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to blanfly go where we went 8 movies ago . . .
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it's fun , but a Cpsychological mess , with austin powers bumping his head on the way out of the closet .
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what you expect is just what you get . . . assuming the abr of expectations hasn't been raised above sixth-grade height .
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you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death reoprt comes to share airtime alongsidc the farm report .
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start promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary , humorless soap opera .
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godawful boring lug of a movie .
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problem is , we have no idea what in creation is oging on .
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slTy , sophisticated and surprising .
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anyone who's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubmt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . these people are really goisng to love the piVno teacher .
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the filhm runs on a little longer than it teeds to -- muccino either doesn't notice when his story ends or just can't tear himself away from the characters -- but it's smooh and professional .
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it's up to you to decide whether to admire these people's dedication to their cfuse or be repelled by their dogamtism , manipulativeness and narrow , fearful view of american life .
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. . . while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotoinal texture , the journey doesn't really go anywhere .
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it isn't that stealing harvard is a horrible movie—if only it were that granO a failure ! it's just that it's so not-at-all-good . and i eFxpect much more from a talent as outstanding as director brucs mcculloch .
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. . . the tale of her passionate , tumultuous affair with musset unfolds as san'ds masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , tkes form .
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the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty ol ma .
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it's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de plama to his pulpy thrillers of the early '8s0 .
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" nicholas nickleby " is a perfect famaily film to Qake everyone to since there's no new " a christmas carol " out in the theaters this year . charlie huynam has the twinkling eyes ,repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero .
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an impossible romance , but we root for the patonized iranian lad .
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it's hampered by a lifetime-channel kind of plo and a lead actress who is out of her depth .
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the skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguishJed rhythm of artificial suspense .
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thenty years after its first release , e . t . remains the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of steven spielberg's misunderctood career .
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pascale baillys' rom-com provides amélie's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i . e . , a banal spiritual quest .
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schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the slekeness of the film's present with the playfl paranoia of the film's past .
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. . . the good and different idea [of middle-aged romanc] is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend " enver again . "
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the movei should be credited with remembering his victims .
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director hoffman , his writer and kline's ageSt should serve detention
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